The Old Lady

Chapter 8: The loss of a child.

Chapter 8: The loss of a child.

Joseph stood still trying to catch his breath inhaling the hot air. Miss Archy sat still thinking about what had just happened then she remembered, Jimin was still inside. She turned her chair to face Joseph and gave him a concerned look. He instantly knew what she was concerned about, he knew that he would have to go back inside for Jimin, but, he didn't know if he was capable of such a task 'Why risk my life for his? What if he's already dead & I did it for nothing?' He thought to himself. "Please Joseph" Miss Archy pleaded "My son is in there, your 'boyfriend' is in there Joseph, If I could go in there I would, but I can't. Please!".

Joseph nodded & turned to face the door once more. He took in one more deep breath of fresh air knowing that he may not make it back out again. Joseph re-entered the old, dusty & crooked that he just escaped from & made his way towards the stair case from which he almost died along side Miss Archy. He peered down to see if anyone was there. Unexpectedly, a figure emerged from the bottom of the stair case; he couldn't make out who it was.

A whisper came sweeping up the stairs "Joseph... is that you?". He didn't reply, what if it was the old man or lady playing tricks? It sounded like Jimin but how could he be so sure?. Either way, he had to find out who it was. "Who are you" Joseph said loudly "Show yourself". The figure came out from the darkness slowly & cautiously. A faced emerged from the darkness below.. It was... JIMIN! "Jimin!? Is that you! Get up here now! What are you doing?!" Joseph began to panic as he now knew he probably just alerted the two demonic elders.

Jimin could just make out who it was, he knew it was Joseph. One step forward he would have no other choice but to run up the cold stone stairs. However, he was worried that if he ran, would 'they' be able to hear him? & what would happen if they could hear him?. Joseph leaned against the left side of the wall waiting for Jimin. He could see Jimin had decided to make his way up the stairs but he was very slow. As Joseph was waiting, he noticed that the wall on the right was showing cracks & a huge gap could be seen between the concrete and the other part of the wall.

One push was enough to trigger parts of the wall to fall. "JIMIN! DO NOT LEAN ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE WALL". Jimin heard & moved to the left side. However, the wall was just as unstable as the right side. He put his hands against the wall to help pull him up the stairs, parts of the wall began to crumble in Jimins hands. Joseph saw parts of the wall collapsing at the bottom of the stairs. 'How did we get up without doing that' he wondered.

Suddenly, something grabbed Jimins feet; he hit his head on the wall. That was just enough to trigger the entire wall to begin to collapse. Bit by bit, concrete fell from the top of the wall. 'How could it be so weak?' Joseph thought. He ran down the stairs to help Jimin back up onto his feet but was soon separated by a concrete slab that landed on Jimins hands. Jimin didn't feel a thing, he had already passed out onto the floor as soon as the concrete hit him.

Another figure appeared behind Jimin, it was the old lady & man. They made there way behind Jimin & grabbed his feet. Joseph stared at them, scared for what was about to come. He had to release Jimins hands from the stone slab in order to free him. He knew it was going to be difficult, bits of rubble fell from the ceilings hitting the gray cold stairs with amazing force creating deep cracks within the stone.

Joseph couldn't move the stone slab from the stairs, it had dug itself into the stair itself, underneath it trapping Jimins hands. The supposedly 'old couple' began to pull on Jimins feet, Joseph could see blood coming from his wrists. He knew Jimin wouldn't make it out alive, the concrete slab had injured his hands so badly & he was losing pints of blood within minutes. Joseph began to cry & slowly moved backwards up the stairs staring at Jimins, unlively pale face. He got to the top of the stairs & that was when Jimins arms had separated from his hands. Within seconds his body was gone.